Pagination for Search Results Pages: Noindex/Follow, Rel=Canonical, Ajax Best Option?
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I have a site with paginated search result pages. What I've done is noindex/follow them and I've placed the rel=canonical tag on page2, page3, page4, etc pointing back to the main/first search result page. These paginated search result pages aren't visible to the user (since I'm not technically selling products, just providing different images to the user), and I've added a text link on the bottom of the first/main search result page that says "click here to load more" and once clicked, it automatically lists more images on the page (ajax). Is this a proper strategy?
Also, for a site that does sell products, would simply noindexing/following the search results/paginated pages and placing the canonical tag on the paginated pages pointing back to the main search result page suffice?
I would love feedback on if this is a proper method/strategy to keep Google happy.
Side question - When the robots go through a page that is noindexed/followed, are they taking into consideration the text on those pages, page titles, meta tags, etc, or are they only worrying about the actual links within that page and passing link juice through them all?
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Firstly, read http://searchengineland.com/the-latest-greatest-on-seo-pagination-114284 for the basics on addressing this problem. It was noted in the other response but it's key that you approach it this way. Its common but easily fixable.
On your other note, robots read everything on the page, content included. They may not index any of it (considering it's on a NOINDEX page), but the absolutely read and crawl everything. And yes, naturally they follow the links on a FOLLOW page. They won't on a NOFOLLOW and will look elsewhere for links to follow.
Hope this answered your question. Let me know if not.
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Can someone respond to the questions on my post? Thanks.
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Use rel next prev and optionally if worried about pages 2-N coming up in SERPs add noindex meta tag to those pages
http://searchengineland.com/google-provides-new-options-for-paginated-content-92906
http://searchengineland.com/the-latest-greatest-on-seo-pagination-114284
http://searchengineland.com/implementing-pagination-attributes-correctly-for-google-114970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njn8uXTWiGg
Why you would not want to use canonical - it works but not the proper use of the tag.
http://searchengineland.com/pagination-strategies-in-the-real-world-81204
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